diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/fileInterface.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/fileInterface.js
index 3ddd6c65f3..44832ae2f2 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/fileInterface.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/fileInterface.js
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ var Scholar_File_Interface = new function() {
 				// create UTF-8 output stream
 				var os = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/converter-output-stream;1"].
 						 createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIConverterOutputStream);
-				os.init(fStream, "UTF-8", 0, "¥");
+				os.init(fStream, "UTF-8", 0, "?");
 
 				os.writeString(html);